About Me

Hello UAV community members,
First of all I would like to thank Alan for facilitating this venue. I am looking for feedback on my resume and was wondering if anyone out there has connection with Airmap. I am very much interested in joining their team, grow with them in the field of UAV, globally!
Thank you all for your time and hope to speak with you soon.
- Marcelle
marcelle farag resume - airmap.pdf

Hey all,
I am intersted in a future career as a UAV pilot for SAR and other Emergency Services. I am working on flight training and certifications to prove my value and experience at the moment. However, I want to set myself up with the correct credentials to apply for certain positions.
Any info would be great if anyone has experience or is on the same path. Or if anyone is in the field as a EMR and not necessarily a pilot, what should I know or be prepared for?
Thanks,
-Wash

Good morning everyone in Drone land! My name is Sean and I'm new to this site and just wanted to introduce myself and see about building connections and career paths here at uavcoach.com. A brief (I'll do my best) history about me and where I'm at now. I chose to have my career be a drone operator just over a year ago when I realized I could make my hobby long term and be paid to do it. I did the leg work to see what it would take to become an "official drone pilot" (as everyone says). I ended signing up with a "drone school" that promised me I would leave totally educated on everything drone and be a "certified drone pilot" (sounded pretty official). Well...about 3 months later I received my computer printed "Drone Pilot Certificate" (sadly not FAA acknowledged) reminiscent of the ones you got for being a good boy in pre-school, a $5000 debt to pay off, and pretty much no more education and flight skills than I already had. Oh and the school promised to hook you up with jobs and possible perminent employment (over 9 months and nothing yet...not even a check in call). Unfortunately I fell into the pit of people who where fooled about "official" drone flight schools and lack of any legal way of becoming a "drone pilot" since the FAA had yet to do so (107 looking hopeful or at least a good start). Fast foward to today...I currently have been doing jobs in real estate, commercial, and little here there things but nothing consistently. I am almost 4 months past my promised delivery date of my 333 (shocking right?) and am enrolled in real ground school to obtain my pilots license or 107 once it becomes a little more clear. I would love to meet some people to work with or just simply chat about maneuvering through this industry. I think I'm going to be going the "working for the man" route since I need stability and have a family to support. But....I am open to consistant solo work if I can make it successful. I'm sure I'm not alone in my stories and would love to build some new relationships in this industry. I believe working together can build this new world into something great. I hope I didn't draw this out too much and hope to get some communication going in this community! Thanks again and fly safe! Oh and I apologize for the excessive "quotation" abuse!